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‘We Are Telegraphing Abandonment’

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy slams the Trump administration for withholding aid to Lebanon.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, speaks following a vote in the House of Representatives on ending U.S. military involvement in the war in Yemen, in Washington on April 4. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images

The White House last week quietly released $105 million in military aid to Lebanon that had languished for months despite approval from the U.S. Congress, the Department of Defense, and the State Department, leading some lawmakers to compare it to the frozen Ukraine aid at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Lara Seligman is a staff writer at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @laraseligman

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